Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

He stated: "The system of flat rate water charges is unfair, inequitable and not environmentally sound because one ends up with a situation whereby the poor pay the same as the rich. Fine Gael will oppose a flat rate water charge." I fail to see the reason for the delay in reaching a decision. The Taoiseach and the Tánaiste are not fighting each other, if that is the perspective from which they come.

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